Hannigan Is In the Game

American Pie and Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Alyson Hannigan has joined the cast of ABC's forthcoming comedy series, In the Game, opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt.

The Hollywood Reporter scoops that the comedy series centers around Love Hewitt's character, described as an up-and-coming producer who unwillingly becomes an on-camera reporter on a sports TV show. Hannigan will play the best friend of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character. Ed O'Neill, Al Bundy himself, also stars in the show &#Array; he plays an executive producer.

Hannigan was most recently seen on the big-screen in American Wedding, the third film in the Pie trilogy. She's been spending her time acting on the London stage recently, playing Sally in an adaptation of When Harry Met Sally.

In the Game, a 30-minute series, is being produced by Touchstone Television and JLH's Love Spell Entertainment.

Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, who have worked together on Freeks and Geeks, Undeclared, and ABC's Life as We Know It, are writing and also producing with Love Hewitt.